Presidents of Kalamazoo College

Jorge Gonzalez
Jorge G. Gonzalez
President
2016-
Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran
Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran
President
2005-2016
Former Kalamazoo College President James F. Jones, Jr.
James F. Jones, Jr.
President 1996-2004
Former Kalamazoo College President Lawrence D. Bryan
Lawrence D. Bryan
President 1990-1996
Former Kalamazoo College President David W. Breneman
David W. Breneman
President 1983-1989
Former Kalamazoo College President George M. Rainsford
George M. Rainsford
President 1972-1983
Former Kalamazoo College President Weimer K. Hicks
Weimer K. Hicks
President 1953-1971
Former Kalamazoo College President John Scott Everton
John Scott Everton
President 1949-1953
Former Kalamazoo College President Paul Lamont Thompson
Paul Lamont Thompson
President 1938-1948
Former Kalamazoo College President Stewart Grant Cole
Stewart Grant Cole
President 1936-1938
Former Kalamazoo College President Allan Hoben
Allan Hoben
President 1922-1935
Former Kalamazoo College President Herbert Lee Stetson
Herbert Lee Stetson
President 1912-1922
Former Kalamazoo College President Arthur Gaylord Slocum
Arthur Gaylord Slocum
President 1892-1912
 Former Kalamazoo College President Theodore Nelson
Theodore Nelson
President 1891-1892
Former Kalamazoo College President Monson A. Willcox
Monson A. Willcox
President 1887-1891
 Former Kalamazoo College President Kendall Brooks
Kendall Brooks
President 1868-1887
Former Kalamazoo College President John Milton Gregory
John Milton
Gregory

President 1864-1867
Former Kalamazoo College President James Andrus Blinn Stone
James Andrus Blinn Stone
President 1843-1863

Transitional Leaders

Various individuals have served as chief administrators of the institution when the College did not have a president. Those distinguished people include the following.

Former Kalamazoo College chief administrator Bernard Palchick
Bernard Palchick
2004-05
Former Kalamazoo College Chief Administrator Timothy Light
Timothy Light
1989-90
Former Kalamazoo College chief administrator Wen Chao Chen
Wen Chao Chen
1971-72
Former Kalamazoo College chief administrator Harold T. Smith
Harold T. Smith
1953
Former Kalamazoo College chief administrator Allen B. Stowe
Allen B. Stowe
1948-49
Former Kalamazoo College chief administrator Charles T. Goodsell
Charles T. Goodsell
1935-36